Definition of remove
removed
;removing
transitive verb
1a : to change the location, position, station, or residence of remove soldiers to the frontb : to transfer (a legal proceeding) from one court to another
2 : to move by lifting, pushing aside, or taking away or off remove your hat
3 : to dismiss from office
4 : to get rid of : eliminate remove a tumor surgically
intransitive verb
1 : to change location, station, or residence removing from the city to the suburbs
2 : to go away
3 : to be capable of being removed
remover
nounFrom the M-W Editors
Examples of remove in a Sentence
Remove the trash from the front yard.
My tonsils were removed when I was five years old.
Trees help to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
These new findings should remove any doubt about his innocence.
What's a good way to remove stains from a silk dress?
The new law would remove obstacles to obtaining a work permit.
He was removed from office.
Recent Examples of remove from the Web
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Khoza has called on ANC lawmakers to vote to remove Zuma.
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Efforts to remove Confederate statues in Alexandria and Leesburg have stalled as well.
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Fundación Bases, a liberal think-tank based in the city, has launched a petition to persuade the city council to remove the monuments.
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The customers were not removed due to the actions of their children.
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The declines became so alarming that RAVON removed 39 fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra) from the park, safe-guarding them temporarily in an employee's basement.
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Diekman had three major surgeries this spring to remove and rebuild his colon after suffering from ulcerative colitis for much of his life.
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For instance, Weeping Figs remove toxins and increase oxygen levels, which is why they're practically made for your bedroom.
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This year, Jill, a former photographer, will dip a toe back into the art world, and the jokes will be a little more political—though Kargman did concede to Bravo’s request to dial things back by removing about 20 percent of her anti-Trump material.
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Origin and Etymology of remove
Middle English remeven, removen, from Anglo-French remuver, removeir, from Latin removēre, from re- + movēre to move
remove
Definition of remove
Examples of remove in a Sentence
She thrives when she's at some remove from mainstream society.
their farm is just a remove of two miles from the town center
Recent Examples of remove from the Web
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For the most part, those moneyed interests have watched this battle from the safe remove of the West Side, as activists target an unlikely foe: artists.
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On the drop curtain there’s a giant skull viewed from the side, a spinal cord and what appears to be a trachea at a disturbing remove from the spine.
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First Known Use of remove
1553
REMOVE Defined for English Language Learners
remove
playDefinition of remove for English Language Learners
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: to move or take (something) away from a place
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: to cause (something) to no longer exist
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: to force (someone) to leave a job : to dismiss (someone) from a job
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Definition of remove for English Language Learners
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: a distance separating one person or thing from another
REMOVE Defined for Kids
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removed
;removing
1 : to move by lifting or taking off or away Please remove your hat. I had my tonsils removed.
2 : to get rid of Bleach will remove the stain.
3 : to dismiss from a job or office
Law Dictionary
remove
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removed
removing
transitive verb
: to change the location, position, station, status, or residence of: as a : to have (an action) transferred from one court to another and especially from a state court to a federal court — see also separable controversy Editor's note: Section 1441 et seq. of title 28 of the U.S. Code allows a defendant who is brought into a state court to remove the action to federal district court when diversity of citizenship exists, when the action involves a claim or right arising under the U.S. Constitution or under laws or treaties of the U.S., or when the defendant is a foreign country or its agency or instrumentality. Civil actions and criminal prosecutions brought against an officer or agency of the U.S. for any act under color of office may also be removed. b : to dismiss from office an independent counsel…may be removed from office…only by the personal action of the Attorney General — U.S. Code c : to take away should his incapacity be removed by a judgment of a court — Louisiana Civil Code
removableness
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